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International Journal of Science Annals, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2023
рrint ISSN: 2617-2682; online ISSN: 2707-3637; DOI:10.26697/ijsa

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. Education

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The Effect of Self-Compassion on Academic

Burnout in Undergraduate Students

Authors’ Contribution: 1 ABCDEFG 1 ABCDEFG
A – Study design; Farisandy E. D. , Yulianto A. ,
B – Data collection; Kinanti A. D. 1 ABCDEFG , Ayu B. A. 1 ABCDEFG

C – Statistical analysis; 1
D – Data interpretation; Universitas Pembangunan Jaya, Indonesia
E – Manuscript preparation;
F – Literature search; Received: 04.05.2023; Accepted: 02.06.2023; Published: 30.06.2023
G – Funds collection
Abstract
Background and Due to high academic demands, undergraduate students are prone to academic
Aim of Study: burnout. Academic burnout is emotional exhaustion caused by the pressures of
academic tasks. Having self-compassion can be a protective factor against
academic burnout. When dealing with numerous academic pressures and
demands, undergraduate students with high self-compassion will be able to see
themselves and their situations positively, resulting in lower academic burnout.
The aim of the study: to investigate the effect of self-compassion on academic
burnout in undergraduate students in Indonesia.

Material and Methods: This study was conducted using the quantitative approach with a non-
experimental design. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS)
was used to measure academic burnout (α=0.824), and the measurement of self-
compassion used the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS) (α=0.878), which has been
adapted into the Indonesian language. A sample of undergraduate students in
Indonesia between the ages of 17 and 25 was taken using the convenience
sampling technique. This study used simple linear regression analysis.

Results: The regression analysis from data of 474 undergraduate students shows that there
is a negative and significant effect of self-compassion on academic burnout in
undergraduate students (R =0.076, F=38.960, p<0.001). Furthermore, the
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variable of gender and a current semester each has a significant effect on
academic burnout, but the finding reveals the opposite with the age variable.

Conclusions: Self-compassion has a negative effect on academic burnout in undergraduate
students. This explains that an increase in self-compassion will be followed by
reduction in academic burnout in undergraduate students.

Keywords: self-compassion, academic burnout, undergraduate students, Indonesian
universities, regression

Copyright: © 2023 Farisandy E. D., Yulianto A., Kinanti A. D., Ayu B. A. Published by
Archives of International Journal of Science Annals

DOI and UDC DOI https://doi.org/10.26697/ijsa.2023.1.2 UDC 378.17:159.9.07

Conflict of interests: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests

Peer review: Double-blind review

Source of support: This research receives funding or support from LP2M Universitas Pembangunan
Jaya [006/PER-P2M/UPJ/11.22]

Information about Farisandy Ellyana Dwi (Corresponding Author) – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-
the authors: 2778-5907; [email protected]; Lecturer, Department of Psychology,
Universitas Pembangunan Jaya, South Tangerang, Indonesia.
Yulianto Aries – https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0252-2876; Lecturer, Department
of Psychology, Universitas Pembangunan Jaya, South Tangerang, Indonesia.
Kinanti Aulia Diaz – https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2063-222X; Department of
Psychology, Universitas Pembangunan Jaya, South Tangerang, Indonesia.
Ayu Bunga Adjeng – https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0428-2282; Department of
Psychology, Universitas Pembangunan Jaya, South Tangerang, Indonesia.

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